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yaml
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r: 14693
b: refs/heads/try
c: 90ac699
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  14691: 3628a37
v: v3

Author: catamorphism

[refs]

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 refs/heads/master: 61b1875c16de39c166b0f4d54bba19f9c6777d1a
 refs/heads/snap-stage1: e33de59e47c5076a89eadeb38f4934f58a3618a6
 refs/heads/snap-stage3: 4a81779abd786ff22d71434c6d9a5917ea4cdfff
-refs/heads/try: 5c4ffd0dd7fb717cdc6f015c0d76043a0d8d4c83
+refs/heads/try: 90ac69904f758cc4ae3d86d4b6bf4a1602606b3f
 refs/tags/release-0.1: 1f5c5126e96c79d22cb7862f75304136e204f105

branches/try/src/rustc/middle/typeck.rs

@@ -2163,10 +2163,9 @@ fn check_expr_with_unifier(fcx: @fn_ctxt, expr: @ast::expr, unify: unifier,
                 require_unsafe(tcx.sess, fcx.purity, expr.span);
               }
               _ {
-                tcx.sess.span_err(expr.span,
-                                    "dereferencing non-" +
-                                        "dereferenceable type: " +
-                                        ty_to_str(tcx, oper_t));
+                  tcx.sess.span_err(expr.span,
+                      #fmt("Type %s cannot be dereferenced",
+                           ty_to_str(tcx, oper_t)));
               }
             }
           }

branches/try/src/test/compile-fail/deref-non-pointer.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// error-pattern:cannot be dereferenced
+fn main() {
+  alt *1 {
+      _ { fail; }
+  }
+}